"A brilliant account of the politics of shit. It will leave you speechless." Written in Paris after the heady days of student revolt in May 1968 and before the

A historically and culturally revealing—and entertaining—discourse on human excrement and its impact on society.

From the writer hailed for giving voice to a generation in Kids These Days comes a bold rejection of a society in which inequality, police violence, and exploit

Sh!t happens. Every day. Mae West was sent to jail for “corrupting the morals of youth” with her first Broadway play. When participation in the Hitler Youth

A humorous, trenchant and fascinating examination of how Western culture's taboo words have evolved over the millennia